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Terror-stricken, Nia ran out to the terrace and looked over the railing for a way to escape, but the balcony loomed over a deep cliff with no way to climb down.
The After Wife Lexi Davis 2009
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Terror-stricken, Nia ran out to the terrace and looked over the railing for a way to escape, but the balcony loomed over a deep cliff with no way to climb down.
The After Wife Lexi Davis 2009
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Terror-stricken, Maxwell had instantly changed his mind about giving himself over to the crazed pair.
Pure Paradise Allison Hobbs 2009
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Terror-stricken shrieks, much higher-pitched, issued from the cave, followed in short order by a tumble of little boys, pushing and tripping over each other in their haste.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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Terror-stricken, Marfa rushed away from the window, ran out of the garden, drew the bolt of the big gate and ran headlong by the back way to the neighbour, Marya Konndratyevna.
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Terror-stricken, she staggered back, and then Lecoq seized her around the waist, and, lifting her with his strong arms, carried her out into the passage.
Monsieur Lecoq �mile Gaboriau 2003
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Terror-stricken, the slaves were herded into a corner of the room by Hyksos guards.
The War of the Crowns Christian Jacq 2002
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Terror-stricken at the sight of the strangers, she slithered across the floor for ten minutes, making herself as flat as possible so she could get to the phone to beep her mother without being seen through the window.
THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001
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Terror-stricken at the sight of the strangers, she slithered across the floor for ten minutes, making herself as flat as possible so she could get to the phone to beep her mother without being seen through the window.
THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001
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Terror-stricken faces of men and women peered down through the smoke upon the thousands of their fellow-creatures below, stretching out their hands for aid, and shrieking loudly for rescue.
Time and Again Finney, Jack 1995
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